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                           SANGHAPALA VIHARA

                               #75 H Lane
                            Novato, CA 94945
                          Tel: (415)-892-7529

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                 1994-95 BAY AREA VISIT OF AJAHN AMARO
  
  Venerable Ajahn Amaro Bhikkhu will be here in the Bay Area for a
  five-month visit this year. Together with other monks and supporters
  from the European monasteries, they will form a monastic community, a
  //vihara//, as a dhamma residence and focus of their teaching and
  meditative disciplines.
  
  The ultimate goal of the Sanghapala Foundation, the lay support group 
  sponsoring Ajahn Amaro's Bay Area visit, is to establish a permanent 
  Buddhist monastery of the Thai Forest Tradition here in the San 
  Francisco area. While we patiently wait for qualified monks to become 
  available for this venture, at the discretion of Ajahn Sumedho in 
  Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in England, we intend to use the extended
  visits of our monastic teachers as opportunities for us lay people to 
  familiarize ourselves with the norms and potentialities of this formal 
  tradition.
  
  Accordingly, Ajahn Amaro, other monks and their lay attendant, Tim 
  Price, will be in residence at the Sanghapala Vihara -- a rented home
  in Novato -- from November 7, 1994 through the end of March, l995. We
  would like to begin thinking of the place where the monastics live and
  practice as the focal point of our attention -- just as a monastery
  will be. It will survive on //dana// alone.
  
  All are encouraged to visit the vihara on a drop-in basis, freely and 
  frequently, to participate in the traditional rhythms of monastic 
  life. Daily morning sittings from 7-8 AM include chanting and 
  meditation, followed by a simple meal & coffee -- a wonderful 
  opportunity to informally chat with our monastic hosts. For the main 
  meal of the day, the monastics are offered food by the laity in the 
  vihara; volunteers are very much welcomed, and are encouraged to call 
  ahead. Arrangements for meals and appointments are preferred to be 
  within the vihara rather than as outside invitations. Evening sessions 
  for chanting and sitting will take place 7 days a week starting at 
  7:30 PM; on Saturday evenings a dhamma talk will be given as well.
  

                      FULL MOON SITTING & CHANTING

  A Full Moon  Sitting & Chanting Ceremony will be held monthly at the
  SANGHAPALA VIHARA in Novato; call for specific information.
  

                       DIRECTIONS TO THE VIHARA:
  
  Coming North on 10l: (FROM SAN FRANCISCO OR THE RICHMOND BRIDGE): 
    Continue through San Rafael and north to Novato, and Exit East on
    Route 37 (to Napa = Sears Point Hwy)...Leave Hwy 37 = Atherton/Black
    Point: at the end of the exit ramp, take an immediate Left under the
    Hwy onto Atherton Avenue. . . Continue 1.3 miles, and after passing
    a Fire Station on your right, take the next right = H Lane... 75
    meters on your left, before the road curves to the left, is the
    Vihara; park within the gate, and not on the road if possible.
  
  Coming South on 101: Either use the above directions with Hwy 37 
    [which is easiest] or Exit at first Novato exit = San Marin/Atherton
    Avenue, and go East over the freeway. . . bear to the right (and not
    onto Bugeia Lane, which forks to the left)... after the loop road
    Archibald Lane on your left, H Lane is approx. a quarter-mile down
    on your left. . . if you see the Fire Station on your left, you
    missed it.. .
  
  
            PLEASE FEEL FREE TO VISIT, OFFER MEALS, MEDITATE
                            -- JUST COME! --
       THIS FORM ONLY WORKS WHEN THE LAITY & MONASTICS INTERACT!
  


                   WEEKLY MEDITATION AND DHAMMA TALK

        Meditation & Dhamma talk by Ajahn Amaro & monastics from the
                Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, England
        Time: Wednesday evening, 7:30-9:30 pm
        Where: St. Aidan's Episcopal Church
                Diamond Heights, San Francisco
                (Across from Diamond Heights Shopping Center)
        Please bring sitting zafus and shawls as desired; pews are
        available. As always, spontaneous dana is the sole means of
        covering the costs for these evenings.
        Contact: Sanghapala Vihara, 75 H Lane, Novato, CA 94945
        Tel: (415) 892-7529
        Directions:
         * FROM SAN FRANCISCO: get to Diamond Heights Blvd
          (either from Upper Market St = Portola) or via Duncan Street
          off of Diamond St. after 28th St.); the Church is directly
          across street from the Safeway in the Diamond Heights Shopping
          Center.
         * FROM THE GLEN PARK BART: take the #52 bus to Diamond Heights
          Shopping Center.
         * FROM 101 (NORTH OR SOUTH): get on to 280-West Detour towards
          Daly City -- get off at 2nd exit, called Monterey Blvd, and at
          end of ramp (at traffic light) take hairpin turn to the
          right.. . continue for 50 yds, and take a left at the blinking
          light onto the foot of Diamond St. (BART is at this corner); 1
          block later at the traffic light take a left onto Bosworth --
          then approximately l/4 mile turn right on Elk St. (this is at
          the crest of a hill, with playgrounds to the left) --
         ++ CONTINUE ++ Up the steep hill as this road changes its name
          to Diamond Heights Blvd.; after a second stop sign near the
          crest of the hill, St. Aidan's Episcopal Church is on the left
          at the corner of Gold Mine
         * FROM 280-NORTH: bear right towards San Francisco as 280
          divides (and splits to 19th Ave to the left), and continue 2
          miles to exit at San Jose-Bosworth; the exit ramp goes beneath
          a short tunnel, and 50 yds. after this take the very first
          possible right turn at Rousseau St. (Ray Oil Burner Co. is on
          comer); go down hill this short block and take a right at the
          stop sign onto Bosworth. ..this curves to the right with
          another Stop, passes beneath the freeway, and comes up to the
          traffic light at Diamond (BART is on your left). . . continue
          on Bosworth through the light, and approximately 1/4 miles
          later take a right on Elk,
         ++ CONTINUE ++ AS ABOVE

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